Alcohol based hand sanitizers
Question
I recently without knowledge used a hand sanitizer that was alcohol based. Are these sanitizer halaal or haraam? If haraam, what should I do after I had used it?
Answer
It is better to wash the hands afterwards though it will not be haraam to use it.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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